title: [Catheter ablation in cardiac arrhythmia. Interventional therapy of symptomatic and threatening arrhythmias of the heart].
abstract: Catheter ablation is a curative intervention for the treatment of supraventricular, but also ventricular, tachycardias that has proved both safe and effective. In patients with supraventricular tachycardias in underlying WPW syndrome or nodal tachycardia and appreciable symptoms, catheter ablation can be considered the treatment of choice. But many patients with monomorphic ventricular extrasystole that is difficult to control medically experience considerable subjective impairment in their daily life. It is possible that in such patients, too, catheter ablation may, sometime in the future, be used to cure their condition. However, long-term results must first be awaited.
authors.affiliation: Klinischen Elektrophysiologie im Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hauer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schwick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ostermeier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Senges
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000601:surgery*; D013615:Tachycardia, Sinoatrial Nodal Reentry / Q000601:surgery*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Katheterablation bei Herzrhythmusstörungen. Interventionelle Therapie von symptomatischen und bedrohlichen Herzrhythmusstörungen.